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European satellite operators take comms services to higher orbit

The pace of development in the European space communications industry could almost literally be described as rocketing, and the two latest examples of growth in the sector have seen Veon’s digital operator in Ukraine, Kyivstar, receive regulatory approval to conduct testing of Starlink direct-to-cell (D2C) services and Constellation Technologies and Operations (CTO) announce the imminent…

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Beyond the AI hype: How data laws quietly handed power

The final stages of the Data (Use and Access) Bill were more eventful than expected. Interventions from figures like Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa brought rare attention to the issue, tapping into growing public unease about artificial intelligence. Many people see the potential of AI but are also concerned about its impact on the…

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UK data reforms become law

The UK’s Data Use and Access Bill has become law, with the government claiming it will “save working people money and time” while injecting £10bn into the British economy over the next decade. The bill attainted royal assent to become an act on 19 July 2025, and will now amend the country’s implementation of both…

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Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con drift is already a problem: How

The Nintendo Switch 2 is already a huge success. Nintendo is selling more units than it can manufacture, and it’s likely the high demand will hold for quite a while. The original Switch (and the upgraded versions) sold incredibly well, so Nintendo has a massive user base ready to upgrade to a more powerful version…

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M&S, Co-op attacks a ‘Category 2 cyber hurricane’, say UK

The Scattered Spider/Dragonforce cyber attacks that struck Marks & Spencer and Co-op during the spring have been classed as a Category 2 cyber event on the UK Cyber Monitoring Centre’s (CMC’s) recently launched ‘hurricane scale’, with total costs likely to end up somewhere between £270m and £440m. The CMC – an arm’s-length body set up…

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Cyber Essentials certifications rising slowly but steadily

The number of Cyber Essentials badges issued via the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) backed security certification scheme continues to increase but at a slower pace than is really needed to secure the resilience of Britain’s business community. This is according to new statistics – covering the January to March 2025 quarter – published on…

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IBM reorients storage to cloud, containers and as-a-service

In this storage supplier profile, we look at IBM, which has perhaps the longest history of all the storage players, and in IT much more widely, in servers, services and the cloud. We find the company well set on its ongoing efforts to reorient after a period of declining revenues. That reorientation manifests itself as…

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